All that you have is your soul (Tracy Chapman).

Wednesday 22 March 2006

Oh, To Be Loved

I confiscated a tub of Vaseline from a Year 8 student today. The same kid admitted to throwing a stub of paper at me from the back of the room.

After the end of the lesson, I refused to return the Vaseline to him, whereupon he curtly told me to “drop dead”. When he approached me at lunch and asked me again for his precious tub, I told him that he could have it back if he wrote me a letter of apology. His response - “shut up”.

Sometimes, I wonder why I bother teaching these children.

I know that moaning about it here won’t help in the slightest, but at least it makes me feel a little better by getting it out of my system

2 comments:

The Scribbler said...

Thank goodness for Blogger!

Anonymous said...

Teacher,

I don't understand why you're so lenient. Why not just embarass the kid by scooping the vaseline into the bin and giving the empty tub back?

-Bradbox